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In a memo filed Monday, California Deputy Solicitor General Christopher D. Hu warned that the decision had emboldened the administration to deploy troops elsewhere, citing Portland as an example.

“The opponents of basic objectives of the act have been emboldened,” he told me.

The lasting significance of the public outrage over Kimmel’s supposedly indefinite suspension won’t be fully known for some time, but in the short term, he’s been emboldened by public support.

On the contrary, as the Abraham Accords peace deals of 2020 proved, there is plenty of reason to embolden Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted there will be no Palestinian state to the west of the River Jordan, and President Isaac Herzog said recognising one would only "embolden the forces of darkness".